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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does "Ghazal" end?
(a) Our name our name our name our fraught, fraught name.
(b) Say my name! Say my name!
(c) What is in a name?
(d) Oh what a beautiful thing it is to have a name.

2. In "Garden of Eden," what does the narrator greatly miss?
(a) The Garden of Eden on Montague Street.
(b) Her college friends.
(c) The city.
(d) Her brownstone in Brooklyn.

3. Why does the woman at the beginning of “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It” say the president will be blessed?
(a) He is a white man of priviledge.
(b) He is a saint among men.
(c) He truly cares about all of his citizens.
(d) He cares for the poor.

4. After driving for awhile, the character in "Hill Country" gets out and walks along a limestone bank, noticing what?
(a) The nature and wildlife around him.
(b) There is no one there.
(c) The steepness of its incline.
(d) How the bank is eroding.

5. In "Realm of Shades," those described in this poem are focused on what?
(a) Their work.
(b) Finding a place to hide.
(c) Running away.
(d) A cool, dry home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Stanza 3 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," the speaker says that the entire country may not be able to heal from what?

2. In "Declaration," the people have reminded those in power of how they came to live in this nation, taken captive where?

3. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," Stanza 4, the speaker and others, known as ‘we,’ want to do what?

4. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," if these people turn out to be evil, then the speaker and others like her will meet this evil how?

5. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker would walk home doing mental math on how much she had spent and what would suddenly hit her?

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